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This section is devoted to weekly bird outings, a summary of findings and notes within Orange County, California.
Greetings – Here’s a partial summary of today’s CBC for San Juan Capistrano I met up with Darrell Wilson, Jerry Tolman, Sandy, Stephanie and Jerry at the parking lot of William F. Riley Wildereness Park earlier today at approximately 10 … Continued
While visiting the El Toro Memorial Memorial Park (cemetery) in Lake Forest for a local bird count, I had eventually stumbled upon the Varied Thrushes at the back end of the park around 2:40pm. This was near where the maintenance … Continued
With the worst storm on its way since 2009 and sunset approaching at 4:43pm, my 3pm arrival seemed timely to catch up on the latest shore birds near the San Juan Creek mouth in Dana point. The San Juan Creek … Continued
After a local Varied Thrush sighting off the corner of Hidalgo and Mirador on November 23, 2014 (Hidalgo Wilderness), another post was listed at the Yahoo Orange County Birding Group on November 25 by Kiersi Koeff at the Wilderness Glen … Continued
At approximately 1:45pm, Jeff Bray, Mike Sanders and myself set out for the Oso Reservoir in Rancho Santa Margarita. Upon parking near the boat launch area we noted a Common Merganser amongst the various waterfowl. Also in today’s journey we … Continued
On November 23, off the intersection of Hidalgo and Mirador, there’s a wooded area below street level. GPS coordinates are: 33.6428, -117.6533 (copy and paste at https://maps.google.com). The area is not easily accessible as you have to hike down a … Continued
A recent post of the Hooded Mergansers and the rare Swamp Sparrow in the Orange County Yahoo group in Aliso Viejo on November 20 showed both species were continuing at the same location. I had arrived at approximately 2:30 pm … Continued
A fairly spectacular afternoon at Bolsa Chica Wetlands today with 58 species in all. I had started out at the walk bridge off Pacific Coast Highway around 1pm and within the first few minutes had seen the Ridgeway’s Rail, Common … Continued
A visit to the reservoir at approximately 2:30 pm today was intriguing. The reservoir had an abundance of waterfowl. Numerous American Wigeons, American Coots, Mallards, Northern Shovelers, Spotted Sandpipers and a variety of others filled the water pool. An appearance … Continued
A visit to Arroyo Trabuco (entrance off Arroyo Vista) in Rancho Santa Margarita produced a reasonably good list in such a short period of time (2 hours). The complete list can be found on eBird. Highlights of today’s journey were … Continued